# Hernias due to traumatic incidents at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton
> OSHA SIR `2016032152` · 3/10/2016 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Hernias due to traumatic incidents
## Cause
- **Event:** Multiple types of overexertion involving outside sources
- **Source:** Patient
## Employer
- **Name:** Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton
- **Location:** 700 E. Broad St, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was transferring a cardiac patient from his bed onto his wheelchair. As she was transferring him, he made sudden moves, which caused her to do the same. She suffered a hernia in her abdomen and required surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*